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Harin observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
The principal temple recorded for Sonahatu mandal is Kaal Bhairav Thakur Than. No temple of this dedication is on record within Harin itself.
Harin is a village in Sonahatu mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,783 across 426 households with a literacy rate of 57.4%. The village is located at coordinates 23.179°N, 85.757°E.
By population, Harin ranks #11 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harin is a village of 1,783 people in 426 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 11th-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 57%, 1 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,028 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Ranchi district centre, 18 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 15 km from Torang railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373918. The nearest hospital or health centre is Verma Clinic & Research Centre, 17 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR SINGH MUNDA, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 2,102 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Harin →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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